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Longmont police no longer believe man suspected of shocking grandmother with a Taser is a security guard

By Pierrette J. Shields Longmont Times-Call

Posted:
01/07/2013 12:11:59 PM MST

Updated:
01/07/2013 02:54:52 PM MST

Alec Arapahoe

LONGMONT -- Police no longer believe that a man who is suspected of shocking his grandmother with a stun gun is employed as a security guard.

Cmdr. Jeff Satur said 20-year-old Alec Arapahoe had clothing used by security, a "special officer" badge and a Taser, but does not appear to have a job to match. He said Arapahoe has not been arrested on suspicion of impersonating an police officer, but said he is "walking the line" on the issue.

Police arrested Arapahoe late Saturday night on the 2200 block of Pratt Street at his 63-year-old great aunt's home after he reportedly used a Taser to shock his 65-year-old grandmother during a family dispute. According to police reports, his great aunt asked that he relinquish his Taser because he was drunk. The demand angered him and he began yelling and grabbing at the women as they tried to leave the apartment. Arapahoe's grandmother tried to call police, but he reportedly took the phone from her.

At one point, police reported, he fired the Taser at his grandmother and the probes hit the wall behind her. He then pointed the Taser at the women. The women told police that Arapahoe's grandmother tried to run from the apartment to call police when he briefly reached into his jacket, but Arapahoe pressed the Taser into her back and shocked her. She escaped anyway and called police just before 10 p.m.

Arapahoe was arrested on suspicion of third-degree assault, illegal use of a stun gun, obstruction of a telephone, misdemeanor menacing and underage alcohol consumption.

Satur said on Monday that police are working to determine where Arapahoe got the Taser.

Arapahoe is due in Boulder County Court on Monday afternoon for a first appearance.

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